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December 30, 2015

Introducing Marvel

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As soon as Graham passed away, Munchkin started looking for a new guinea pig in our area. Guinea pigs are social animals, so she didn’t want Alvin to be along even though he was getting tons of extra attention and love from all of us. After about 2 weeks, she found this sweet little guy and brought him home. After a great deal of consideration, she decided to call him Marvel. She was happy to have a new guinea pig before Christmas. Alvin helped Marvel settle in and allowed him to eat a little extra share of veggies. Now that…

Remembering Graham

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Today, we said goodbye to our sweet Graham. He was a loving, cuddly guinea pig who was always happy to help Munchkin with her school work and keep her company when she wasn’t feeling well. He will be missed. The day started off on a bad note for Munchkin as she was feeling a bit out of sorts. She headed to classes and things only got worse. She ended up coming home early to try to collect herself before her Physics exam. As is her normal routine, she went to get Graham out of his cage as he always helps calm…

The Little Herd

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Project 365 – #252 The little squeaks are growing quickly. It’s hard to believe they’re almost a week old. It looks like we have 2 females and 1 male, but we’ll need to confirm that in about 2 weeks when it’s time to remove the males from the females. They’re so cute as they follow each other in a little herd. Choco, the papa, is allowed in with them for closely supervised visits as he is a bit lonely, and he loves being with his family. Rosita is doing a great job as a mama; she takes care of the…

Just Visiting

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Project 365 – #249 When you have newborns in the house (whether human or otherwise), visitors are never far behind. Munchkin and her friend are very much enjoying spending time with the babies. They still like to hide a good bit of the time, but if you just spend some time in their cage, they will apparently come out to play. (The lighting on the picture above is off, but I still like it as it captures the moment.) Me? Well, I’d rather not get in the cage. lol! I just get to see them whenever they come out or…

An Exciting Surprise

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Project 365 – #248 Late yesterday afternoon, I went to rest for a bit as I had a bad headache. D and Munchkin headed outside to wash the vehicles. I fell asleep to the sounds of the normal vehicle washing antics. The next thing I know I’m being woken up by screams from Munchkin, “Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!” I shot up out of bed concerned that something bad had happened. As I’m trying to wake up, I hear, “There are babies! Rosita had babies! There are 3 babies! Come one, come on, come on!!” So, downstairs we went to see the…